-
Audience 9.0 - I have to say this is a very good recording if your preference is to really be able to make out the vocals and to hear every nuance of the lead guitar possible. In fact, the sonics tend to favor the upper mid-range and highs, to the extent that I was not enthusiastic about the sound of the snare drum here...but that just shows you how articulate that range is. Is it screechy then? No, it's not that this is chirpy or screechy high at all, but one may want to play with the EQ to bring up more low end maybe...because to my ears that is what it needs. Otherwise, again, this is a VERY clear, articulate (especially upper mid and highs) recording. Black Sabbath Mid-Hudson Civic Center Poughkeepsie,NY. USA 31 May 1989 Disc 1 101. Ave Satani + The Gates of Hell (intro tape) (03:12 min) 102. Headless Cross (06:09 min) 103. Neon Knights (05:27 min) 104. Children of the Sea (06:17 min) 105. Call of the Wild (05:31 min) 106. The Mob Rules (04:03 min) 107. When Death Calls (06:11 min) 108. War Pigs (06:24 min) Disc 2 201. Guitar solo + Die Young (06:45 min) 202. Black Sabbath (08:49 min) 203. Devil and Daughter (04:43 min) 204. Iron Man (04:35 min) 205. Children of the Grave (04:42 min) 206. Encore break (02:01 min) 207. Heaven and Hell (07:39 min) 208. Paranoid + Heaven and Hell (reprise) (04:40 min) Line-up: Tony Iommi (guitars) Tony Martin (vocals) Neil Murray (bass) Geoff Nicholls (RIP) (keyboards, background vocals) Cozy Powell (RIP) (drums) -
Audience 9.7 - Each and every one of these recordings is spotless. Taper was dedicated to getting the absolute best position, with superb gear, and above all without blemish. The results are spectacular! Gilmour is in excellent form, so this adds to the listening experience tremendously and it's quite hard to stop once you press play. So sit back and strap yourself in to a long journey through past and present in a most luxuriating way. Again - it sounds like the same taper throughout the entire 6 night stand. DAVID GILMOUR Royal Albert Hall London, UK. October 09, 2024 Disc 1 01 - 5 AM 02 - Black Cat 03 - Luck And Strange 04 - Speak To Me - Breathe 05 - Time 06 - Fat Old Sun 07 - Marooned 08 - Wish You Were Here 09 - Band Introduction 10 - Vita Brevis 11 - Between Two Points 12 - High Hopes 13 - Sorrow Disc 2 14 - The Piper's Call 15 - A Great Day For Freedom 16 - In Any Tongue 17 - The Great Gig In The Sky 18 - A Boat Lies Waiting 19 - Coming Back To Life 20 - Dark And Velvet Nights 21 - Sings 22 - Scattered 23 - Comfortably Numb -
Audience 9.3 - This glorious tape is full of greatness in that it is lively, full-bodied, clear, and close without distorting. A gut-punching kick drum and soaring above your head lead guitar, and the kicker is the audience reacting after each song - respectful applause and never interfering with the music (as it should be). What a show! What a recording! Kansas Ford Auditorium Detroit, MI 1976-11-29 01. Intro 02. Carry On Wayward Sun 03. Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel 04. Down The Road 05. Mysteries & Mayhem 06. Lamplight Symphony 07. The Wall 08. Lonely Wind 09. Band Introductions 10. Miracles Out Of Nowhere 11. Guitar Solo 12. Child Of Innocence 13. Magnum Opus Band Members: Kerry Livgren - guitars, keyboards Steve Walsh - keyboards, vocals Dave Hope - bass Rich Williams - guitars Phil Ehart - drums, percussions Robby Steinhardt - violin, viola, vocals -
Brand New - Superb radio broadcast Live at Stadion im Brötzinger Tal, Pforzheim, Germany on 30th August 1987 at the Monsters of Rock Festival. One of the shows that introduced Jason Newsted to the Metallica fan base. -
Brand New - The definitive collection of rare demos and unreleased tracks from Carmine Appice and his boys! -
Audience 9.4 - A delightful and warm atmosphere highlight this bright and well mixed concert recording. I struggled to find any reason to criticize it, but there are some occasional voices behind taper, and that is REALLY nitpicky. So, this is certainly a treasure of a recording and I highly recommend it. Robert Plant presents Saving Grace Piazza dei Signori Vicenza, Italy September 6, 2023 Disc 1 01 Gospel Plow (Traditional) 02 The Cuckoo (Traditional) 03 Let The Four Winds Blow (Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation) 04 Friends (Led Zeppelin) 05 Out In The Woods (Leon Russell) 06 Too Far From You (Nashville Cast) 07 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (Traditional) 08 Everybody's Song (Low) 09 It's A Beautiful Day Today (Moby Grape) Disc 2 10 The Rain Song (Led Zeppelin) 11 As I Roved Out (Traditional) 12 Chevrolet (Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young Jr) 13 Down To The Sea (Robert Plant) 14 Four Sticks (Led Zeppelin) 15 Angel Dance (Los Lobos) 16 Band Introduction 17 House Of Cards (Richard & Linda Thompson) 18 Gallows Pole (Led Zeppelin) 19 And We Bid You Goodnight (Traditional) -
Audience 9.5 - This is the good stuff! A well balanced and dynamic recording as close and clear as you can get to Susanna...ahhh...you can hear but not touch! I guess I'll have to settle for audio only but I can dream can't I? You will too, listen to this and you'll get me. Bangles Copenhagen Montmartre, DK 1986-02-17 01. Intro 02. In a Different Light 03. Live (The Merry‐Go‐Round) 04. Restless 05. Walking Down Your Street 06. James 07. September Gurls (Big Star) 08. Not Like You 09. Manic Monday 10. He's Got a Secret 11. I'm in Line 12. If She Knew What She Wants (Jules Shear) 13. Return Post 14. Let It Go 15. Going Down to Liverpool (Katrina and the Waves) 16. Angels Don't Fall in Love 17. I'm Not Talking (Mose Allison) 18. Hero Takes a Fall 19. Dover Beach 20. 7 and 7 Is (Love) 21. Interview by Jan Laursen pre show for Danish Radio. -
Audience 9.4 - A killer tape with clear and direct sound as if you are right in front of the mains but no distortion or overload. Good balance too. Nice to hear this band live because the few other boots I've heard of them were really bad sounding. Helloween Loud Park Festival Saitama Super Arena Saitama, Japan October 27, 2012 01- Opening 02- Are You Metal? 03- Eagle Fly Free 04- Where the Sinners Go 05- Power 06- If I Could Fly 07- Burning Sun 08- Drum Solo 09- I'm Alive 10- Steel Tormentor 11- Future World 12- I Want Out 13- Dr. Stein 14- Burning Sun 15- Steel Tormentor -
Audience 9.7 - Spectacular, crystal clear and lush sound makes you sink deeply into this one. For some, the Grateful Dead are not easily understood, but this show and this recording can easily be understood as beautiful music played with passion and talent galore. Now, to be honest, this set is missing an important segment, the "space/drums" part is conspicuously absent, but there is still plenty of lengthy workouts to keep you engaged with the psychedelic overtones of a Dead concert as well as the more bluegrass and bluesy numbers. All in all this is one for the history books. Grateful Dead Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA December 13, 1980 Disc 1 01 Feel Like A Stranger 02 Sugaree 03 C.C. Rider 04 To Lay Me Down 05 Minglewood Blues 06 Ramble On Rose 07 Lost Sailor 08 Saint Of Circumstances Disc 2 09 Deal 10 Scarlet Begonias 11 Fire On The Mountain 12 Playing In The Band 13 Not Fade Away 14 Black Peter 15 Sugar Magnolia 16 One More Saturday Night -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. Live In Holland 1984. -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Audience 9.2 - Here we have a real treat for those who now realize what we had in our youths with the "Seattle Sound" as epitomized by Soundgarden, a sound that fit the times very appropriately. Now for the kicker: This show not only sounds great but has plenty of fun moments with Chris Cornell and the audience (I think he's a bit toasty on the potent German suds). What I liked most is the live sound here is mixed well for the guitars especially, only Chris gets a bit drowned out during the extreme volume heavier parts but overall it's hitting the sweet spot, at least for me.SOUNDGARDEN April 1, 1994 Musikhalle Frankfurt, Germany Disc 1 01. Night Surf (intro) 02. Jesus Christ Pose 03. Spoonman 04. Let Me Drown 05. Mailman 06. The Day I Tried To Live 07. My Wave 08. Room A Thousand Years Wide 09. Black Hole Sun 10. Searching With My Good Eye Closed - It's A Beautiful Day 11. Superunknown Disc 2 15 12. Rusty Cage 13. Half 14. Mind Riot 15. Fell On Black Days 16. Hands All Over 17. Kickstand 18. Like Suicide 19. Face Pollution 20. encore break 21. Somewhere 22. Head Down 23. Limo Wreck -
Audience 8.7 - While this tape may not enjoy the same clarity as some of the Japan 82 recordings, it does have a good powerful delivery nonetheless. Vocals come through the clearest, but the combination of bass, and guitars follows with the force of a piledriver to your skull...and I rather like it. The bonus here is the inclusion of the set by the band The Rods, and having never heard of any live tapes of them before, it was a most welcome addition to this great vintage Iron Maiden set.Iron Maiden Colston Hall Bristol, England 1982-03-11 Disc 1 {79:49} 01 - Intro [Doctor Doctor] ........ 3:39 02 - The Ides of March ............ 0:51 03 - Murders in the Rue Morgue .... 3:28 04 - Wrathchild ................... 3:32 05 - Run to the Hills ............. 4:25 06 - Children of the Damned ....... 4:46 07 - The Number of the Beast ...... 5:31 08 - Another Life ................. 3:43 09 - Killers ...................... 5:39 10 - 22 Acacia Avenue ............. 6:31 11 - Total Eclipse ................ 4:12 12 - Drum Solo .................... 3:20 13 - Transylvania ................. 6:12 14 - The Prisoner ................. 5:48 15 - Hallowed Be Thy Name ......... 7:14 16 - Phantom of the Opera ......... 6:51 17 - Iron Maiden .................. 3:58 Disc 2 {63:50} 01 - Sanctuary .................... 6:52 02 - Drifter ...................... 7:46 03 - Running Free ................. 5:03 04 - Prowler ...................... 4:32 Bonus Rods 05 - Rocking And Rolling .......... 3:26 06 - Waiting For Tomorrow ......... 4:02 07 - Get Ready To Rock 'n' Roll ... 5:34 08 - Nothing Going On In The City . 3:32 09 - Too Hot To Stop .............. 4:07 10 - Crank It Up .................. 5:54 11 - Getting Higher ............... 3:42 12 - Drum Solo .................... 3:50 13 - Power Lover .................. 5:23 -
Soundboard 8.7 - What we have here with these two shows are a couple of primitive soundboards, and by that I mean they may have run the sound through the board but what ended up on the tape is NOT what you would expect. It's not a manicured, expert mix and pristine sound, it's a very raw, brutal, loud, obnoxious, hellish, and violent turbulence of sound that somehow fits the vibe to a tee. This is Slayer, in 1985, and it sounds like it. Wonderful in its rawness, brutal in its aggressive sonic assault, and 100% vintage Slayer.
Slayer The Dawn Of Slayer Disc 1 Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands May 31, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor of Sin 4. The Final Command 5. Haunting the Chapel 6. Praise of Death 7. Fight Till Death 8. Necrophiliac 9. Black Magic 10. Die by the Sword 11. Crypts of Eternity 12. Hardening of the Arteries 13. The Antichrist 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare Disc 2 Luttenberg, Netherlands June 2, 1985 1. Hell Awaits 2. Aggressive Perfector 3. Captor Of Sin 4. Fight 'Til Death 5. Kill Again 6. Haunting The Chapel 7. Necrophiliac 8. Black Magic 9. Die By The Sword Disc 3 10. Praise Of Death 11. The Final Command 12. Crypts Of Eternity 13. Hardening Of The Arteries 14. At Dawn They Sleep 15. Drum Solo 16. Show No Mercy 17. Evil Has No Boundaries 18. Chemical Warfare 19. Encore Break 20. The Antichrist -
Audience 9.4 - Excellent sound and atmosphere, enough audience participation near the taper to remind you that you're part of a live concert but not enough to interfere which in my estimation is what lends a missing element to most sdbrd tapes. I'd officially release this if I was the band.Tygers Of Pan TangNakano SunplazaTokyo, JapanSept. 30, 1982Disc 101. Intro 02. You Always See What You Want To See 03. Lonely At The Top 04. Letter From L.A. 05. Blackjack 06. Never Satisfied 07. Paris By Air 08. Tides 09. Wild Catz 10. Don't Stop By 11. Suzie Smiled 12. Love Don't Stay 13. The Actor 14. Slave To FreedomDisc 201. Love Potion #9 02. Life Of Crime 03. Hellbound 04. Raised On Rock 05. Gangland 06. Outro -
Audience 8.7 All shows appear to have been recorded by the same taper who was diligent to show up to all the Sabbath shows in his town three years in a row. I am impressed with his effort, you can tell he's not an amateur and but for the fact he's not using pro equipment, he most certainly would otherwise have gotten a stellar result. As it is, it's fine but not winning any dynamics awards. What it does deliver is consistent, strong, error-free recordings that you can relax into, and let yourself adjust to what is there because it's certainly not that bad. I started listening to these shows in order to rate them and ended up just letting them play because it's cool to hear this great line-up playing in a far away place away from the glitz and glamour of the metropolis, year-after-year-after-year, and yet deliver a performance no different from one they might have done at, say, Radio City Music Hall or Madison Square Garden.
Black Sabbath Cornwall Coliseum St. Austell, UK June 24, 1980,Feb. 2, 1981 & Jan. 14, 1982 Disc 1 St. Austell, UK June 24, 1980 1. Intro 2. War Pigs 3. Neon Knights 4. N.I.B. 5. Lonely Is The Word 6. Sweet Leaf 7. Children of the Sea 8. Black Sabbath 9. Heaven and Hell Disc 2 10. Iron Man 11. Guitar Solo 12. Die Young 13. Paranoid 14. Children of the Grave St. Austell Feb. 2, 1981 15. Supertzar 16. War Pigs 17. Neon Knights 18. N.I.B. 19. Children of the Sea 20. Lady Evil Disc 3 21. Black Sabbath 22. Heaven and Hell 23. Iron Man 24. Guitar Solo 25. Die Young 26. Paranoid 27. Children Of The Grave St. Austell, UK. 1982 28. E5150 (Intro) 29. Neon Knights 30. N.I.B. Disc 4 31. Children Of The Sea 32. Country Girl 33. Black Sabbath 34. War Pigs 35. Slippin' Away 36. Drum Solo 37. Iron Man 38. Mob Rules 39. Heaven And Hell 40. Paranoid 41. Children Of The Grave